CRIT
Basically, it is Liberalism gone mad, it is the idea that it should not be possible to box you into a category, you are free to be whatever you want to be.
So people who think that trans women are not women are stating a biological fact, but not a what you might call "mental-construct" or “lived identity” fact as you are free to construct - and impose on others - your vision of your own identity.
Racism, sexism, orientation, trans-humanism (eg Elon's integrating AI) ... trans is a category that recognises how biological sex limits the possibilities for self-realisation.
CONCLUSION
That's the ideology and for me that's fine but, obviously (to me, if not them) outside social relations, it is not helpful, dangerous.
REFLECTIONS
The DT could present things more calmly and objectively, use moderate language instead of this MSM "sensationalism".
Sensationalism is about the role of entertaining the readers, but there's also a role to inform and educate and promote understanding and tolerance.
FULL ARTICLE
Another pillar of Queen Nicola’s woke legacy has crumbled
None of her mistakes can compete with her insistence that transwomen are women. Facts were always going to catch up and overtake ideology
The SNP government, having earned a reputation as the UK’s most enthusiastic proposer of trans rights has now conceded that there could be a fatal weakness in allowing patients to change their sex on medical records.
The latest announcement from the Department for the Bleedin’ Obvious comes in the form of a draft policy that admits to “unintended negative consequences” of a trans-inclusive policy, which allows patients to wipe references to their biological sex and instead be recognised in line with their gender identity.
It’s the final nail in the coffin for what is left of NS's legacy. So committed was the former first minister to trans ideology that she pressed ahead with the Gender Recognition Reform Act (GRRA) in 2022, allowing under-18s to change their legal gender, and opening the door to anyone, whether or not they suffered from gender dysphoria, to self-identify as their preferred gender after only three months and without the approval of a GP.
The debate inside the Holyrood chamber was less heated than that outside, where concerns about the Act’s impact on women’s rights were airily dismissed by MSPs and women’s groups were smeared as transphobic. Even the shocking case of double rapist Isla Bryson could not persuade Sturgeon that transwomen were anything other than actual women
Until now, the devolved administration has insisted that altering a trans patient’s medical records to reflect their “lived identity” has led to “improved patient experience” and “enables better healthcare planning”.
Perhaps the conclusions of her own former officials will persuade Sturgeon and her successor to acknowledge that biological and medical realities should trump ideology.
The proposed new guidelines acknowledge a “clinical risk” if medical staff are kept in the dark about a patient’s birth sex. It warns that some medical tests could be misread and incorrect treatments given as a result.
“The classic example of where this could create a problem is in haemoglobin, where abnormal readings can be a red flag for cancer,” one clinician working in Scotland told The Telegraph.
“The healthy ranges are different for men and women, so if it is assumed a sample has come from a male when in fact it’s from a female, really vital information could be missed.”
It might also be pointed out that a transwoman, who is biologically male, might evade the necessity of regular health checks on her prostate if doctors accept her stated sex at birth as accurate.
The SNP have created a tangled political mess north of the border with their unnecessary – and unnecessarily aggressive – stance on trans rights. Having recognised the unexpected support of the Scottish public for the UK government’s unprecedented decision to prevent the GRRA receiving Royal Assent, Sturgeon resigned from office a year ago. But her successor, Humza Yousaf, quickly fell foul of the same issue. Perhaps seeing the veto more as a constitutional outrage than as a purely policy issue, he insisted on pursuing legal action to overturn it. He failed and is being forced to pay costs to the UK government.
It’s reassuring to see the Scottish medical establishment finally offering some home truths that undermine an ideology that is detrimental to trans people themselves. But why did it take them so long?
Nicola Sturgeon’s toxic legacy will take many years to escape. But none of her mistakes in office can compete with the hubristic, life-threatening insistence that transwomen are women. Facts were always going to catch up and overtake ideology; the question is, how many lives have been adversely affected in the meantime?
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